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ORCHIDS IN JANUARY

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 A neighbor couple grows beautiful orchids and staghorn ferns each season.  They attach  them to a large tree in their yard.  They do beautifully in the greenhouse climate we (usually) have here.

 

 

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They did survive the lower temperatures last week.   (Which tells you that it wasn't really all that cold!) 

 

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 Thank you to Denise for TODAY'S FLOWERS,  to Laura for I HEART MACRO, and to Mary for MOSAIC MONDAY.  

  

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 With or without the camera, I never take a walk around the neighborhood without a rest stop at this yard!

 

 

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44 responses to “ORCHIDS IN JANUARY”

  1. Mary Howell Cromer

    I know it is so early, but I am so ready to see colours like this, what a beautiful delicate flower, so, so pretty!
    I was not sure what you meant on my blog about getting a long comment. I got one, but it was not necessarily long, a sentence, or two and also one that said test. 🙂 Happy week~

  2. orchid

    Dearest Sallie;
    OMG!!! You’ve made me wish SO HARD to be with you for your walk, my dear friend☆☆☆ How wonderful to have such a neighbor and let you take photos. Surely, thanks to the greenhouse climate you have♡♡♡
    My naming for the blog was just out of a whim as I had a small orchid pot (gift from a friend) at my house. But now I really fonfd of this queen of the flower(^_^)
    Sending you lots of Love and Hugs from Japan to my dear friend in America, xoxo Miyako*

  3. TheChieftess

    Love that second shot!!!

  4. Pat

    Now that is some nice local scenery!
    Very pretty photos…

  5. Jenn Jilks

    How glorious!!!!

  6. artmusedog and carol

    Magnificent floral photography ~ what color and texture ~ divine ~ carol, xxx (A Creative Harbor)

  7. Beyond Zephyr

    Those are beautiful orchids! I love purple and these are just perfectly gorgeous

  8. Dianne

    Beautiful montage. Dianne

  9. Mary

    Wonderful photos! So beautiful! Great shots!

  10. Linda

    OH!!!! Those are my most favorite orchids. And to think you can just go SEE THEM!!! I adore those!! I guess I should stop I keep on saying the same thing over and over!
    Linda
    http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com

  11. NatureFootstep Photo

    this is a great place to stop and admire the beauty. 🙂

  12. dotsie

    Beautiful orchids–what depth of a rich color!

  13. Pondside

    No wonder you can’t stop – that is a beautiful display of colour!

  14. Yogi

    Wow, those are beautiful. I love the deep colors.

  15. Lavender Cottage

    Thank you for stopping at this yard with your camera, the flowers are gorgeous.

  16. Penny

    Such vibrant tropicals to see tonight, Sallie. I would stop in this yard as well.

  17. Rajesh

    Beautiful orchids, very pretty.

  18. Carver

    The orchids are gorgeous.

  19. Chris-June

    great captures of the orchids. beautiful colors!

  20. Laura Hegfield

    Oh Sallie they are gorgeous! What a delight to see summery colors blooming in January. Thanks for sharing the love up-close with I Heart Macro:-)

  21. Ileana

    Beautiful . Nice color!

  22. Barb

    I can only imagine this bounty of blooming! I am eagerly awaiting my indoor Narcissus bloom – any day now.

  23. Rainfield (雨田 Malaysia）

    Those are fabulous colours.

  24. Sue St Clair

    Beautiful I love the colours 🙂

  25. EG CameraGirl

    So gorgeous! Love the colour!

  26. Annie

    They are so beutifull ! I grow orchids (just three of them !) at home (inside of course !). They are blooming and blooming and I don’t understand why : here the atmosphere is very dry and the sun bright.

  27. Indrani

    I am seeing a new shoot in my plant, hope it soon grows to a flower stick. Lovely blooms in your neighbor’s garden.

  28. Stewart M. ( Melbourne

    Orchids are remarkable flowers – good news that the cold snap did not do for them.
    Some of the images from Canada and USA are remarkable at present.
    Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne

  29. Mick

    Beautiful orchids and a great climate where they can grow outside. They do over here too but take a fair amount of looking after and pampering! The orchids I really like are the tiny native orchids most are perfumed and take much less looking after.

  30. Aimee

    Beautiful! I LOVE orchids and LOVE the ‘romantic’ feel to your photos:)
    Big windstorm in NW Oregon today–but we had enough of a break to make a little sightseeing trip in between the two ‘halves’ of the storm:)
    Blessings,
    Aimee

  31. Gunilla

    They’re gorgeous! I love all the different shapes and colours.

  32. a spirit of simplicity

    oh they are beautiful

  33. Karen

    These are just lovely! Such gorgeous colours.

  34. diane

    They are beautiful and I can see why you would always have to make a stop there.

  35. Gaelyn

    I’ve never had any luck with orchids but they sure are beautiful.

  36. artmusedog and carol

    Absolutely beautiful ~ (A Creative Harbor.com)

  37. Ramblingwoods

    How uplifting…

  38. Arija

    I would not pass those by either.
    My friend John is an orchid and African violet judge as well as for some other flowers and has the most amazing orchid collection.
    So nice to see you enjoying life Sallie.

  39. Eileen

    Wow, the orchids are beautiful! Lovely images, Sallie! Happy weekend!

  40. Al

    Very beautiful – I don’t think they’d look like that in my climate. And I love your turtles from the previous post.

  41. Lowell

    It is my considered opinion that you ought to frame and hang that 2nd photo! So gorgeous!

  42. TexWisGirl

    can’t beat those neighborly views.

  43. Gail

    They’re so pretty and feminine. Love the soft color.

  44. Denise

    Hi Sallie, thanks for linking up again with Today’s Flowers. Your orchids are gorgeous, love the framing.

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